Tuesday, with the Dow sitting down roughly 100 points, or 41 basis points, Apple was one of the biggest gainers of the day, up 2.61% to $US160.58 at the time of writing.

Outside of the Dow, the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 was one of the best-performing indexes, up half a per cent Tuesday afternoon.Netflix, which reached record highs ahead of the market selloff following its stellar earnings report, was up 2.06%.Microsoft was up 0.65% at the time of writing, Amazon was up 1.66%, and Google parent Alphabet was down 0.31%.

Additionally, a stronger-than-expected report on wages Friday sparked worries about a return of inflation to the US. Those anxieties extended into this week as a combination of computer-driven trading, withdrawals from popular exchange-traded funds, and margin calls on investors who had bought stocks with debt all contributed to selling. At its worst on Monday, the Dow was down more than 1,500 points.